Steve Vamos

Author, Advisor & Former CEO at Xero, Microsoft Australia, Apple Asia Pacific

<p><strong>Making change your superpower</strong></p> <p><strong>About Steve</strong></p> <p>Steve Vamos is an author, advisor and Director with over 40 years of experience in the global technology&nbsp;and digital media industries. He has lived and worked in Australia, New Zealand, the USA and Asia.&nbsp;Steve was CEO of ASX-listed tech company Xero from April 2018 to February 2023, where he led the&nbsp;company&rsquo;s growth and performance with a team of more than 4,500 employees.&nbsp;He has served as a non-executive director of Telstra, Fletcher Building, Medibank Private and David Jones&nbsp;and as a non-executive director and advisor to a range of Australian organisations, from start-ups to large&nbsp;established companies.</p> <p>Over a 40-year career in technology, Steve was Chief Executive Officer of ninemsn, Managing Director of&nbsp;Microsoft Australia &amp; New Zealand, Vice President of Microsoft&rsquo;s Online Service Group, Vice President&nbsp;and Managing Director of Apple Computer Asia Pacific, and Managing Director of Apple Computer&nbsp;Australia.</p> <p>As Vice President of worldwide sales and international operations for Microsoft Corporation's Online&nbsp;Service Group, Steve was responsible for the organisation's international business in more than 30&nbsp;countries around the world.</p> <p>Steve was the founder and President of the Society for Knowledge Economics (SKE), a not-for-profit thinktank that operated from 2005 to 2014. SKE aimed to encourage and promote new and better leadership&nbsp;and management practices, enabling innovation, productivity and sustainability.&nbsp;Steve holds a degree in Civil Engineering (with Honours) from the University of New South Wales.</p>

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